Wrapper or holder for apparel



in Model.)

M. T. HOSMER; v WRAPPER 0R HOLDER FOR APPAREL.

Patented Feb 18, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARIAN T. HOSMER, OF WVOBURN, MASSACHUSETTS.

WRAPPER OR HOLDER FOR APPAREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,876, dated February18, 1896.

I Application filed April 10, 1893. Renewed January 13, 1896. Serial No.575,392. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARIAN T. HOSMER, of Woburn, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in -Wrappers or Holders for Apparel, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to means for securing dresses and'otherarticles of apparel and materials in properly-folded position in a trunkor other place to protect the said materials or articles of apparelagainst being wrinkled, jammed or mussed in course of handling ortransportation.

It is well known that however well articles of apparel, and particularlyladies dresses and the like, may be packed in a trunk the same are quiteliable, owing to the rough usage to which the trunk is subjected bybaggage-handlers and express-men, to become jammed and wrinkled andrendered unusable without being re-pressed or done up.

It is the purpose of this invention to provide an envelope or wrapperfor folded articles of apparel which will maintain the same in place ina trunk or chest and prevent the goods from being jammed endwise oftheir inclosure, all as I will now proceed to describe in detail, andpoint out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawin gs, and to the lettersmarked thereon, formin g a part of this specification, the same lettersdesignating the same parts or features, as the case may be, whereverthey occur.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package or lot ofapparel secured by my improved wrapper or envelope. Fig. 2 is an endview of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view. Fig. 4 is aperspective view showing my improved wrapper or envelope in openedposition, a portion being represented as torn or broken away to moreclearly portray its structure.

In carrying out my invention I provide two covering members a and b,which should be sufficiently stifi to maintain articles of apparelc-such as ladies dresses, wraps, &c.- which may be folded and placedtherebetween. These members may be composed of any suitable material. Asherein shown, they consist of wire frames (I covered with cloth, or itmay be leather or similar material e. The

covering of the frames 01. The said strip f may serve to cover the rearedge of the pile or package of material or apparel c placed between thecovering members, and the flaps g operate to cover and protect the frontedges of the pile of material, as is clearly shown in. Fig. 1.

h designates pockets formed across the covering members, through whichtapes or drawstrings i are arranged, so that they may draw together thecovering members and be tied over the flaps gin front of the package, asshown at j in the last-mentioned figure.

With this invention apparel, such as dresses, wraps, &c., may beproperly folded and placed between the covering members a b and thedraw-strings or tapes 11 drawn therearound and tied, and the packagethus formed placed and packed in a trunk or chest without danger ofjamming or wrinkling the goods in course of handling or transportationof such trunk or chest, as is liable to be the case where the goods arenot so covered and protected. V

In the ordinary manner of packing a trunk there is great liability ofthe goods therein being jammed from end to end of their inclosure by therough usage to which the trunk is subjected by baggage-men, the saidtrunk being frequently turned end over end and thrown and tossed aboutso as to strike upon the ends. By my improvements these obj ections areovercome, and the articles of ap parel between the holders or covers arepreserved in their properly-folded forms.

It is obvious that the material connecting the rear edges of the coversor frames may be separated and the tapes or draw-strings tied at thispoint, as well as in front, without departing from the nature or spiritof the invention.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use,it is declared that what is claimed is 1. A Wrapper and holder forapparel comprising in its construction two stiff covering members havingflexible flaps and transversely-extending pockets and tapes ordrawstrings movably'arranged in said pockets and i adapted to be carriedaround the holder and to be drawn over the edges of the stiff membersand their ends suitably united.

2. A Wrapper and holder for apparel colnprising in its construction twostiif covering members, a flexible strip connecting the rear edges ofthe said members, flaps connected T March, A. D. 1893.

MARIAN T. IIOSMER. Witnesses:

HORACE BROWN, ARTHUR W. CROSSLEY.

